{"id":2888,"date":"2019-11-28T12:23:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T03:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/collection-mechanic"},"modified":"2019-11-28T13:43:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T04:43:43","slug":"collection-mechanic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/collection-mechanic","title":{"rendered":"Jeffrey&#8217;s &#8220;Collection Mechanic&#8221; Lightroom Plugin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<style>\n  .with_lhs li { margin-left: 212px }\n\n  div.post_header { margin-left: 216px }\n  #navtab-holder {\n        color: #84F;\n        float:left;\n        position: relative;\n        background-color: black;\n        border-right: solid 2px #888888;\n        top: -44px;\n\n        width: 250px;\n        right: 60px;\n        margin-right: -30px; \/* the main page layout is based upon the unshifted width of the navtab-holder, so this compensates for the right:60px shift *\/\n\n  }\n  #navtab-holder 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onmouseout=\"this.style.borderColor='black'\"><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/crop-for-ipad'>Crop for iPad and other Devices<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='nav-header'>Geoencoding Plugins<\/div>\n<div class='sel N'><div onclick=\"document.location='https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/gps'\" onmouseover=\"this.style.borderColor='white'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.borderColor='black'\"><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/gps'>Geoencoding Support<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='sel N'><div onclick=\"document.location='https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/gps-proximity'\" onmouseover=\"this.style.borderColor='white'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.borderColor='black'\"><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/gps-proximity'>Proximity Search<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='nav-header'>Utility Plugins<\/div>\n<div class='sel N'><div onclick=\"document.location='https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/data-explorer'\" onmouseover=\"this.style.borderColor='white'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.borderColor='black'\"><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/data-explorer'>Data Explorer<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='sel N'><div onclick=\"document.location='https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/smart-collection-sync'\" onmouseover=\"this.style.borderColor='white'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.borderColor='black'\"><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/smart-collection-sync'>Smart Collection Sync<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='sel N'><div onclick=\"document.location='https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/people-support'\" onmouseover=\"this.style.borderColor='white'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.borderColor='black'\"><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/people-support'>People Support<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='sel N'><div onclick=\"document.location='https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/folder-status'\" onmouseover=\"this.style.borderColor='white'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.borderColor='black'\"><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/folder-status'>Folder Status<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='sel N'><div onclick=\"document.location='https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/photosafe'\" onmouseover=\"this.style.borderColor='white'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.borderColor='black'\"><div class='logo'><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/photosafe'><img noindex='1' width='18' height='19' style='margin-left: 6px' class='raw' src='\/i\/lr\/sm\/photosafe-small.png'\/><\/a><\/div> <a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/photosafe'>PhotoSafe<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='sel Y' onmouseover=\"this.style.borderColor=document.getElementById('post_guts').style.borderColor=document.getElementById('navtab-holder').style.borderColor=document.getElementById('navtab-top').style.borderColor=document.getElementById('navtab-bottom').style.borderColor= 'red'; this.style.backgroundColor = document.getElementById('post_guts').style.backgroundColor = '#333'\" onmouseout 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onmouseout=\"this.style.borderColor='black'\"><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/timelapse-support'>Timelapse Support<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='sel N'><div onclick=\"document.location='https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/workflow-delete-options'\" onmouseover=\"this.style.borderColor='white'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.borderColor='black'\"><div class='logo'><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/workflow-delete-options'><img noindex='1' width='15' height='19' style='margin-left: 6px' class='raw' src='\/i\/lr\/sm\/workflow-delete-options-small.png'\/><\/a><\/div> <a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/workflow-delete-options'>Workflow Delete Options<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='sel N'><div onclick=\"document.location='https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/metadata-viewer'\" onmouseover=\"this.style.borderColor='white'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.borderColor='black'\"><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/metadata-viewer'>Metadata Viewer<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='sel N'><div onclick=\"document.location='https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/bulk-develop'\" onmouseover=\"this.style.borderColor='white'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.borderColor='black'\"><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/bulk-develop'>Bulk Develop Settings<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='sel N'><div onclick=\"document.location='https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/metadata-presets'\" onmouseover=\"this.style.borderColor='white'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.borderColor='black'\"><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/metadata-presets'>Metadata-Viewer Preset Builder<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='sel N'><div onclick=\"document.location='https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/layers'\" onmouseover=\"this.style.borderColor='white'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.borderColor='black'\"><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/layers'>Photoshop Layers<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='sel N'><div onclick=\"document.location='https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/export-quality-tester'\" onmouseover=\"this.style.borderColor='white'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.borderColor='black'\"><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/export-quality-tester'>JPEG Quality Tester<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='sel N'><div onclick=\"document.location='https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/folder-watch'\" onmouseover=\"this.style.borderColor='white'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.borderColor='black'\"><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/folder-watch'>Folder Watch<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='sel N'><div onclick=\"document.location='https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/megapixel-sort'\" onmouseover=\"this.style.borderColor='white'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.borderColor='black'\"><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/megapixel-sort'>Megapixel Sort<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='sel N'><div onclick=\"document.location='https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/focal-length-sort'\" onmouseover=\"this.style.borderColor='white'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.borderColor='black'\"><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/focal-length-sort'>Focal-length Sort<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='sel N'><div onclick=\"document.location='https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/data-plot'\" onmouseover=\"this.style.borderColor='white'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.borderColor='black'\"><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/data-plot'>Data Plot<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='sel N'><div onclick=\"document.location='https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/extended-search'\" onmouseover=\"this.style.borderColor='white'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.borderColor='black'\"><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/extended-search'>Extended Search<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='sel N'><div onclick=\"document.location='https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/video-assets'\" onmouseover=\"this.style.borderColor='white'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.borderColor='black'\"><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/video-assets'>Video-Asset Management<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='sel N'><div onclick=\"document.location='https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/preview-extraction'\" onmouseover=\"this.style.borderColor='white'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.borderColor='black'\"><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/preview-extraction'>Preview-Cache Image Extraction<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='sel N'><div onclick=\"document.location='https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/sysinfo'\" onmouseover=\"this.style.borderColor='white'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.borderColor='black'\"><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/sysinfo'>System Info<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='sel N'><div onclick=\"document.location='https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/iphoto-collection-fixer'\" onmouseover=\"this.style.borderColor='white'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.borderColor='black'\"><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/iphoto-collection-fixer'>iPhoto Collection Fixer<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style='margin-top:20px; margin-left:15px; margin-bottom:10px'>\n<b>Other Plugin Sources:<\/b>\n<br\/>&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;<a href='http:\/\/www.photographers-toolbox.com\/products\/'>Photographer's Toolbox<\/a>\n<br\/>&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;<a href='http:\/\/alloyphoto.com\/plugins\/'>alloy photo<\/a>\n<br\/>&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;<a href='http:\/\/www.beardsworth.co.uk\/lightroom\/'>John Beardsworth<\/a>\n<br\/>&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;<a href='http:\/\/www.capturemonkey.com\/'>Capture Monkey<\/a>\n<br\/>&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;<a href='http:\/\/www.lightroom-plugins.com\/'>lightroom-plugins.com<\/a>\n<br\/>&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;<a href='https:\/\/creative.adobe.com\/addons?pp=PSLR'>Adobe Addons<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class='navtab-topbottom' id='navtab-bottom'><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/SoftwareApplication'>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='applicationCategory' content='Photography'\/>\n<meta itemprop='applicationSubCategory' content='Plugin for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom'\/>\n<meta itemprop='applicationSuite' content='Adobe Creative Cloud'\/>\n<meta itemprop='operatingSystem' content='Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows'\/>\n<meta itemprop='about' content=\"Collection Mechanic\"\/>\n\n\n\n\n<div style='float:right; position:relative; border: solid 1px #444; margin: 0 auto; margin-left:2em; padding:20px; padding-top:5px; background-color: #000'>\n<center style='font-weight:bold; font-size:120%'>Quick Links<\/center>\n     &middot; <b>Latest Download<\/b>:\n<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class='quiet' href='https:\/\/regex.info\/LightroomPlugins2\/releases\/collection-mechanic-20231011.7.zip'><span style='padding:1px 3px; border:solid 1px orange; color:#888'>collection-mechanic-<span style='color:orange; font-weight:bold'>20231011.7<\/span>.zip<\/span><\/a>\n<br\/>&middot; <a class='quiet' href='https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/faq'>FAQ<\/a>\n<br\/>&middot; <a class='quiet' href='#history'>Version History<\/a>\n<br\/>&middot; <a class='quiet' href='https:\/\/regex.info\/LightroomPlugins2\/feeds\/collection-mechanic.rss'>Update Log via RSS <img class='raw' src='https:\/\/regex.info\/i\/s\/feed-icon-14x14.png' width='14' height='14' style='position:relative;top:3px'\/><\/a>\n<br\/>&middot; <a class='quiet' href='https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/plugin-installation\/'>Installation instructions<\/a>\n<br\/>&middot; <a class='quiet' href='https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/register'>&#8220;Donationware&#8221; Registration Info<\/a>\n<br\/>&middot; <a class='quiet' href='https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/' style='color:#F55'>More Lightroom Goodies<\/a>\n<br\/>&middot; <a class='quiet' href='https:\/\/regex.info\/LightroomPlugins2\/feeds\/all.rss'>All-Plugin Update Log via RSS <img class='raw' src='https:\/\/regex.info\/i\/s\/feed-icon-14x14.png' width='14' height='14' style='position:relative;top:3px'\/><\/a>\n<br\/>&middot; <a class='quiet' href='https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/photo-tech\/'>My Photo-Tech Posts<\/a>\n<br\/>&middot; <a class='quiet' href='https:\/\/regex.info\/blog'>My Blog<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This plugin for Adobe Lightroom Classic contains <span class='nobr'>a few<\/span> tools working with Lightroom collections.<\/p>\n\n<p>This plugin works in Adobe Lightroom Classic, and older versions as far back as\n<span class='nobr'>Lightroom 6<\/span> (though some features depend on the\nversion of Lightroom).<\/p>\n\n<p>The same download works for both Windows and Mac. <span class='nobr'>See the box<\/span> to the upper right for the download link (in orange) and installation instructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.menuitem { color: white; margin-top:80px; font-size:104% }\np.menuitem b { font-size: 120% }\n<\/style>\n\n<hr\/>\n\n<p>This plugin adds the following items to Lightroom's <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>File &gt; Plugin Extras<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> menu:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id='promiscuate' class='menuitem'>File &gt; Plugin Extras &gt; <b>Promiscuate Collections<\/b><\/p>\n\n<p>Put all selected photos into all (non-smart) collections that any selected photo is part of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id='populate' class='menuitem'>File &gt; Plugin Extras &gt; <b>Populate to Collections of Most-Selected Photo<\/b><\/p>\n\n<p>All selected photos are given the same set of (non-smart) collections that the most-selected photo has.<\/p>\n\n<p>This means that all the non-selected photos are added to or removed from (non-smart) collections as needed,\nso that the are in all collections that the most-selected photo is in, and are not in any collection\nthat the most-selected photo is not. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id='compare' class='menuitem'>File &gt; Plugin Extras &gt; <b>Compare Two Collections\/Folders<\/b><\/p>\n\n<p>This feature is copied from my Bag-o-Goodies plugin, and is <a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/bag-o-goodies#compare-sources'>documented there<\/a>. In short, it shows what photos are shared between two sources (collections and\/or folders), and which photos are unique to one or the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id='mark' class='menuitem'>File &gt; Plugin Extras &gt; <b>Mark Selected Publish Collections As Up To Date<\/b><\/p>\n\n<p>This feature is copied from my Bag-o-Goodies plugin, and is <a\nhref='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/bag-o-goodies#mark-up-to-date'>documented there<\/a>. In short, it marks selected\npublish collections as being all <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>up to date<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> so that modified photos\nare not actually published next time.<\/p>\n\n<p id='remove' class='menuitem'>File &gt; Plugin Extras &gt; <b>Remove Selected Photos from All Collections...<\/b><\/p>\n\n<p>This feature offers a dialog to remove selected photos from non-smart collections.... any combination of publish collections, non-publish collections, and\/or the quick collection.\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p class='h'>Availability<\/p><p>This plugin is distributed as &#8220;donationware&#8221;. I have chosen to make it available for free &mdash; everyone can use\nit forever, without cost of any kind &mdash; but unless registered, its functionality is somewhat reduced after six weeks.<\/p>\n\n<p>Registration is done via PayPal, and if you choose to register, it costs the minimum 1-cent PayPal fee; any amount you'd like\nto add beyond PayPal's sliding fees as a gift to me is completely optional, and completely appreciated.<\/p>\n\n<p id='majorupgrade'><b>Note<\/b>: a Lightroom <i>major<\/i> upgrade, such as from Lr10 to Lr11 de-registers the plugin in the\nupgraded version, so if you want to maintain registration, a new ($0.01 if you like) registration code is needed in the upgraded\nversion. It makes for a hassle every couple of years, I know. Sorry. See <a\nhref='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/register#major-upgrade'>this note<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n\n<p>For details on plugin registration and on how I came into this hobby of Lightroom plugin development, see my <a\nhref='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/register'>Plugin Registration page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n  .ec { background-color: #404040 }\n  .oc { background-color: #383838 }\n  .c1 { padding-left: 3em }\n  .c3 { padding-right: 3em }\n<\/style>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n   table.h td:first-child   { font-weight: bold; padding-right:1em }\n   table.h td p:first-child { margin-top: 0 }\n   table.h td               { padding-bottom: 10px }\n   p.h                      { font-weight:bold; font-size:130%; margin-top:50px }\n   span.h                   { font-weight:bold; font-size:130%; margin-top:50px }\n   table.h pre              { font-size: 70% }\n<\/style>\n<p id='history' style='margin-top:50px'><span class='h'>Version History<\/span>\n<br\/>\n(\n<a style='font-size:small'\n   class='quiet'\n   href='https:\/\/regex.info\/LightroomPlugins2\/feeds\/collection-mechanic.rss'>Update Log via RSS\n   <img class='raw' src='https:\/\/regex.info\/i\/s\/feed-icon-14x14.png' width='14' height='14' style='position:relative;top:3px'\/><\/a>\n)<\/p>\n<table class='h'><tr valign='baseline'><td><a id='20231011.7' name='7'>20231011.7<\/a><\/td><td>\n<p>Upgraded to the embedded copy of <a href='http:\/\/www.sno.phy.queensu.ca\/~phil\/exiftool\/'>ExifTool<\/a> to version 12.67.<\/p>\n\n<\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n<table class='h'><tr valign='baseline'><td><a id='20220606.6' name='6'>20220606.6<\/a><\/td><td>\n<p>Upgraded to the embedded copy of <a href='http:\/\/www.sno.phy.queensu.ca\/~phil\/exiftool\/'>ExifTool<\/a> to version 12.42.<\/p>\n\n<\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n<table class='h'><tr valign='baseline'><td><a id='20220211.5' name='5'>20220211.5<\/a><\/td><td>\n<p>Added the \"Remove Selected Photos from All Collections\" feature.<\/p>\n\n<\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n<table class='h'><tr valign='baseline'><td><a id='20220120.4' name='4'>20220120.4<\/a><\/td><td>\n<p>Whack-a-mole with PayPal's random changes.<\/p>\n\n<\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n<table class='h'><tr valign='baseline'><td><a id='20211219.3' name='3'>20211219.3<\/a><\/td><td>\n<p>Upgraded to the embedded copy of <a href='http:\/\/www.sno.phy.queensu.ca\/~phil\/exiftool\/'>ExifTool<\/a> to version 12.25.<\/p>\n             <p>Warn when PayPal seems to have given a bogus code in the web-confirmation page.<\/p>\n             <p>working around 'constant table overflow' error<\/p>\n\n<\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n<table class='h'><tr valign='baseline'><td><a id='20201017.2' name='2'>20201017.2<\/a><\/td><td>\n<p>Updates for Lr10.<\/p>\n              <p>Work around a Windows bug related to canceling out of the registration dialog.<\/p>\n              <p>Added some extra debug logging to note whether the plugin is enabled.<\/p>\n\n<\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n<table class='h'><tr valign='baseline'><td><a id='20191128.1' name='1'>20191128.1<\/a><\/td><td>\nInitial public release\n\n\n<\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This plugin for Adobe Lightroom Classic contains a few tools working with Lightroom collections.<\/p> <p>This plugin works in Adobe Lightroom Classic, and older versions as far back as Lightroom 6 (though some features depend on the version of Lightroom).<\/p> <p>The same download works for both Windows and Mac. 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